DreamLeague Season 25 Power Rankings: The Top Dota 2 Teams

There truly is no stopping the Dota 2 train in 2025, as DreamLeague Season 25 is up next in the early goings of this new competitive season. We had BLAST Slam 2 last time out, so now it’s DreamLeague’s turn to take the stage once more. As with Season 24 though, this tournament will be played entirely online — so while it will award $1 million in prize money, the conditions here will be quite different compared to an actual LAN.

Still, the prestige is there. Everyone wants to win DreamLeague when they have a shot at doing so, which means the competition here will be no less fierce compared to other premier events. And speaking of fierce competition, we are in an almost unprecedented era of parity in professional Dota 2, so it’s worth taking a look at the teams that will participate here.

So then, here are my power rankings for DreamLeague Season 25.

The top half — anyone’s ballgame

Like I said, we are in an era of parity between teams in Dota 2 right now, so the top half of the field at DreamLeague all have a shot at taking the trophy. Tundra Esports is of course the obvious frontrunner, having won two consecutive LANs in the form of FISSURE Playground Belgrade and BLAST Slam 2. The Anton “dyrachyo” Shkredov era has kicked off way ahead of schedule, and with him, they’re already looking like a threat to win multiple titles this year.

Team Falcons comes in second, having recently gotten themselves back into form. Second place at FISSURE Playground Belgrade and top 4 at BLAST Slam 2 means that they might have figured out a thing or two after their slump right before the new year, so I think it’s safe to say that they’re playing well again.

BetBoom Team and PARIVISION follow them, as the two most consistent teams in the year so far. PARIVISION does get a knock in my eyes because Alan “Satanic” Gallyamov hasn’t quite proven himself as a better alternative to Remco “Crystallis” Arets yet.

The Gaimin Gladiators are in a bit of a weird spot here. They did just come off of a second place finish at BLAST Slam 2, but they got completely run over in the grand finals by Tundra. I’m not too convinced they’re better than PARIVISION just because they bagged a silver medal recently, but at least they’re capable of making grand final appearances again.

Team Liquid is in a similar position, though they have been running better as of late compared to Gaimin. They didn’t do very well at BLAST Slam 2, finishing only in the top 8 — but personally I still think they can turn it on whenever they want to. Not saying that they undoubtedly will at DreamLeague, but you can’t ever count these guys out.

Everyone else — fighting for scraps

The rest of the field can be hit or miss depending on how the teams are feeling on any given day. Team Spirit and AVULUS lead this part of the pack, having been around the block many times this season already. But the rest leave a lot to be desired, and aren’t likely to make much of a splash at DreamLeague.

Xtreme Gaming used to be my perennial dark horse pick, but they didn’t even manage to win a single map at BLAST Slam 2. The Yakult Brothers are definitely better than them right now, so I’ll use them as my dark horse pick this time around. As for the others, there’s not much else to say. Maybe HEROIC will cause another upset like they did at PGL Wallachia Season 2? Probably not.